verb
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to cause to conform to or adopt the customs, habits, or dress of city people
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to make urban
Other Word Forms
- citification noun
Etymology
Origin of citify
Example Sentences
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Wohlen had only begun its drive to citify the planet.
From The Man Who Played to Lose by Janifer, Laurence M.
You're 'n want o' sunthin' light an' cute, Rattlin' an' shrewd an' kin' o' jingleish, 10 An' wish, pervidin' it 'ould suit, I'd take an' citify my English.
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell
You 're 'n want o' sunthin' light an' cute, Rattlin' an' shrewd an' kin' o' jingleish, An' wish, pervidin' it 'ould suit, I 'd take an' citify my English.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 by Various
You're 'n want o' sunthin' light an' cute, 10Rattlin' an' shrewd an' kin' o' jingleish, An' wish, pervidin' it 'ould suit, I'd take an' citify my English.
From The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; With a Biographical Sketch and Notes, a Portrait and Other Illustrations by Lowell, James Russell
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